- That CGS was a Montessori-based religious ed program (and I've loved Montessori for a long time)
- That friends of mine had traveled to neighboring states to take the training.
- A friend of mine from my parish was planning to take the training (because our pastor wanted to get the program going at our parish).
- The second person from the parish would only be charged half price.
The pastor said yes and I rearranged my schedule in order to free up the week for Level I, Part 1 training. And fell instantly in love. Although she missed the first day of training, my daughter Kate joined me beginning on day 2 and has been by my side ever since.
We (Kate and I) took the fast track with training by taking Level I, Part 2 at another neighboring parish just a few weeks later. I tentatively and tenuously started to do what I could to help brainstorm getting
the program started.
There are a lot of twists and turns to the whole story, but, in a nutshell, my pastor asked me to take the job of DRE and promised to get me help (and hired a full-time assistant within a few weeks) and be very flexible regarding our family/homeschooling needs. After a lot of prayer and intense family discussions I said yes.
Just wanted to share a brief introduction to this new piece of my life as I am hoping to blog about some parts of the story/journey.
Beautiful Peg Doll Apostles painted by Bernie (age 18) |
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